A general overview of the 82nd Annual Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center on December 3, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Volunteer Patty Shook takes a phone call from a child asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to her home, inside a phone-in center during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

From songs to food, Americans turn their tastes to the tried and true. Roasted chestnuts regularly make the list of the most popular foods to serve on Christmas Day as do molasses cookies. “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the story of a self-doubting young man who wishes he had never been born and finally recognizes his life is blessed and indeed truly wonderful, is one of the season’s top movies.

Songs such as, “Mary, Did You Know,” being redone by a cappella music group Pentatonix, makes the list of most popular songs, while other Christmas tunes such as the 1958 hit “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee continue to be a favorite.

Here’s a list of five of the most popular foods, movies, TV shows, songs and things to do on this special day.

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